Social and Environmental Purchasing Portal

The intent of this internship is to undertake the research necessary to enable Vancity to develop a social and environmental purchasing portal. The target audience will be Vancity staff via their existing intranet, Insite. The research will focus on Vancity’s peer and micro-entrepreneurs, their social enterprises and its ‘green’ business members. The idea is to provide staff with a tool to help inform their purchasing habits for both corporate discretionary spending as well as personal buying. This ultimately supports Vancity’s community leadership pillars: acting on climate change, facing poverty and growing the social economy.

Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Ed Bukszar

Student:

Amanda Blair

Partner:

Vancity Credit Union

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

Simon Fraser University